TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 14210 [ 2017TNSTR1144....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-10-20 00:07:14
Date made public:
Sender: ATLAS_Bot1
Reporting Group: ATLAS     Discovery Data Source: ATLAS

J. Tonry, B. Stalder, L. Denneau, A. Heinze, H. Weiland (IfA, University of Hawaii), A. Rest (STScI), K.W. Smith, S. J. Smartt (Queen's University Belfast) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2017hmh
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS17mld
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:35:28.466 (338.868608571) DEC = +11:21:48.90 (11.3635842857)
Discovery date: 2017-10-06 10:22:04.000 (JD=2458032.9319907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-10-06 10:22:04.000
Flux: 18.487 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-10-06 10:10:33
Limiting flux: 18.14 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2017hmh